Tyto alba, Barn Owl
A stamp, in a four stamp series, issued by the Royal Mail in 1986
The series is named
NATURE CONSERVATION
SPECIES AT RISK
Looking around the house for something showing an owl I remembered that my children’s school books always had an owl logo on the back and the letters
ΟΕΔΒ Οργανισμός Εκδόσεως Διδακτικών Βιβλίων meaning Organization for the Publishing of Educational Books. This organization started in 1937 under another name which changed to the above in the 1960’s and was closed in 2012 when another organization took over the role.
The small owl, Athena noctua, accompanies the goddess Athena and is used as a symbol of knowledge and wisdom. Anyone visiting Greece or coming across a Greek 1 Euro coin will see image of the Owl of Athena on the obverse side.
There are plenty of articles mentioning owls in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN. I chose A ROOM WITH A VIEW
by Louis Marcelin- Rice , an article I have been wanting to refer to, in this thread, for a long time.
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 46 October 2006